Analysis of It dropped so low in my regard

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



It dropped so low in my regard
   I heard it hit the ground,
And go to pieces on the stones
   At bottom of my mind;

Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less
   Than I reviled myself
For entertaining plated wares
   Upon my silver shelf.


Scheme XXXX XAXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 11110101 111101 01110101 110111 11011101 11011 1010101 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 238
Words 46
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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